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What will festival season 2021 look like in New Orleans? New Orleans plans on having some festivals in fall despite the pandemic. (Source: WVUE) By Kaitlin Rust | January 19, 2021 at 8:33 PM CST - Updated January 19 at 8:33 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Excitement builds over the promise of fall festivals, but experts say it all rides on what we do to make sure they happen. Now Jazz Fest joins the ranks of fall festivals this year, pushed back from the Spring to mid-October with hopes that enough people will be vaccinated. That means October is shaping up to be a busy month. French Quarter...

New Orleans looks to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine distribution New Orleans planning to ramp up COVID vaccine distribution By Rob Masson | January 12, 2021 at 2:59 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 4:31 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The city of New Orleans says later this week it will announce plans to ramp up covid vaccine distribution. The latest figures show the state has only administered about one out of every three doses it has received. A milestone at Tulane University where 5000 Pfizer doses are now going into the arms of School employees, and students. “We think that there is a big need to ...

“It’s scary,”: Health educator predicts grim start of 2021 as holiday travel increases Health educator predicts grim start of 2021 as holiday travel increases By Rilwan Balogun | December 24, 2020 at 3:50 PM CST - Updated December 24 at 5:02 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - “We used to drive but we like to fly now, said Jeremiah Griffin, preparing to catch a flight to Florida. “Flying is pretty good.” On Christmas Eve, Griffin and other travelers are trying to make it to their destination for Christmas morning. AAA projects tens of millions will travel leading into t...

U.K. discovers new strain of coronavirus, considered 70 percent more contagious New COVID-19 strain appears in UK By Josh Roberson | December 20, 2020 at 10:12 AM CST - Updated December 20 at 9:36 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Netherlands, Italy and several other countries are banning all passenger flights arriving from the United Kingdom. The Dutch government says it made the decision following news that a new strain of the coronavirus appears to be infecting people in London. The ban will stay in effect until the new year to minimize the risk of spreading a newly discovered strain of the...

20 December 2020, 8:33 pm EST By On December 19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced changes on COVID-19 restrictions because of the new strain found in the U.K., which is said to be more 70% more contagious. This prompted some European Union countries to either limit or ban flights from the U.K. While viruses evolve naturally as, some more than others, new strains of the coronavirus have been found since it was first detected in China in December 2019. These new strains often acquire minimal changes in their genetic alphabet, but a bigger worry is when the virus mutates including surfac...